B 500E: The freedom to create endless design combinations.
- Handle big projects with ease
- Comfortably create endless designs
- Re-designed embroidery module
The extended freearm offers 8.5" right of the needle. Enjoy a large embroidery area of 15.75" x 6.5" to bring your embroidery ideas to life.
- Simply undo & redo steps
- Edit designs as a group or break apart
- Customize the stitch-out sequence
With the Enhanced Editing Functions you can realize your ideas directly on screen and use your creativity to create new designs.
- Position designs easily and precisely
- No need to use the template anymore
- Perfect results in short times
Use Pinpoint Placement to position your design precisely: select two points and match them with the markings on the hooped fabric.
- Automatic thread cutting
- Needle lifts automatically
- Easy one-button operation
The automatic thread cutter operates with two steps in one: cuts the thread and lifts the needle.
- Manage thread cuts with ease
- No manual trimming on top side
- Achieve perfect embroidery results
The Thread Away Mode pulls the threads down to the underside for clean embroidery results on the top.
- No manual thread cutting
- Jumbo bobbin to embroider longer
- Frontload the bobbin with new thread
The BERNINA Hook keeps the stitches consistent and precise with a maximum speed of 1,000 stitches per minute.
General
| Hook system | Bernina Hook |
| Length of free-arm to the right of the needle |
8.5"
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| Color touch screen |
4.3 inches
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| LED sewing lights |
12 LED
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| Multi-function knobs | |
| Number of spool holders | 2 |
| Semi-automatic needle threader | ✓ |
| Automatic thread cutter |
✓
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| Manual thread cutters |
4
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| BERNINA Adaptive Thread Tension | |
| Start/stop button | |
| Slide speed control | |
| Upper thread indicator | |
| Lower thread indicator | |
| USB interface for PC connection | |
| BERNINA foot control with needle up/down function | |
| Drag & Drop | |
| Bobbin winding while sewing/embroidering | |
| On-screen help | |
| Setup program |
Embroidery
| Embroidery functionality | |
| Embroidery module | |
| Maximum embroidery field | 15.7" x 5.9" (400x150mm) |
| Maximum embroidery speed (stitches per minute) |
1000
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| Built-in embroidery designs | 275 |
| Embroidery alphabets | 8 |
| Embroidery design format |
EXP, DST, PES, PEC, JEF, SEW, PCS, XXX
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| Onscreen editing of designs: positioning, mirroring, rotating, scaling, combining | |
| Pinpoint Placement | |
| Undo/Redo | |
| Color Wheel | |
| Group/Regroup | |
| Invisible Secure | |
| Smart Secure | |
| Thread-up Command | |
| Programmable jump stitch cutting | |
| Thread Away Mode | |
| Creative Embroidery Assistant | |
| Endless Embroidery | |
| Word ART | |
| Free-arm embroidery | |
| Color resequence | |
| Sequence control | |
| Embroidery Tutorial | |
| Import/Export of designs via USB | |
| Mega hoop functionality embroidery field 15.7" x 5.9" (400 x 150 mm) | |
| Midi Hoop Functionality, embroidery field 10.4" x 6.5" (265 x 165 mm | |
| Personal memory for embroidery designs | |
| Basting | |
| Position recall | |
| BERNINA DesignWorks Tool Compatible |
Standard Embroidery Accessories
- Embroidery Presser Foot #26
- Embroidery hoop large oval with template (10.0" × 5.7"/ 255 × 145 mm)
- Embroidery hoop medium oval with template (5.1” × 3.9”/ 130 × 100 mm)
- BERNINA embroidery software ArtLink (download at bernina.com)